Residential Flooring

Identify part A

d

Subflooring

Girder

Sill

Foundation wall

Identify part B

a

Subflooring

Bridging

Foundation wall

Stringer

Identify part C

c

Stringer

Sill

Foundation wall

Girder

Identify part D

b

Sill

Foundation Wall

Rim/Band Joist

Girder

Identify part E

b

Girder

Subflooring

Foundation wall

Sill

Identify part F

d

Sill

Bridging

Rim/Band Joist

Joists

Identify part G (or the empty white box where G should be)

c

Sill

Foundation wall

Girder

Subflooring

Identify part I

a

Joists

Foundation Wall

Subflooring

Girder

Identify part H

c

Girder

Sill

Pier/Post

Stringer

In construction, what is toenailing?

• A term used to describe the careful alignment and spacing of nails on a surface, similar to how one might arrange toenails on a foot, ensuring evenness and uniformity in appearance.

• Driving a nail at an angle through one board to secure it to another board or surface.

• A technique used to attach decorative trim or molding to a surface by embedding small, decorative nails resembling toenails.

• 1. The process of using a specialized hammer with a rounded head to drive nails into hard-to-reach areas, mimicking the motion of a toenail being clipped.